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APPLICATION FILEYD AUG.11.1917.

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ADVERTISING OR SIGNALING APPARATUS.

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, ijil.

Application led August 11, 191'?. Serial No. 185,635.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. TA'rosIAN, a subject of the King ofArmenia, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertisingor Signaling Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in signaldisplayingoradvertising devices; and, the present invention has reference, moreparticularly, to a novel construction of signal-displaying oradvertising device, comprising a suitably shaped box, casing, orframe-work, in which are suitably mounted a plurality of aprons, saidaprons having movements in opposite directions and independent of eachother, and said aprons carrying display-signals or advertisements in theform of words, pictorial representations, or the like.

The present invention has for its principal objects to provide a noveland simply constructed signal-displaying or advertising device providedwith a plurality of independently moving display-aprons, and suitablemechanism for intermittently moving said aprons back and forth in areciprocatory manner, directly back of a display-window or opening, andthen after a time-interval moving other portions of the aprons forwardlyinto position back of the said display-window or opening, for similarreciprocatory movements and the consequent displaying of another signal,advertisement or pictorial representation of an object or ob- `ects. JThe invention has for its further object to so arrange and move theseveral displayaprons that any pictorial arrangement thereon willreceive an animated appearance, as in the case of the representation ofa flag, the latter will seem to be waving.

@ther objects of the present invention not at this time moreparticularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the followingdetailed description of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the saidinvention consists, primarily, in the novel signal-displaying oradvertising device hereinafter set forth; and, the present inventionconsists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of theseveral devices and parts, as well as in the details of the constructionof the said parts, all of which will be more fully described in detailin the following specification and finally embodied in the clauses ofthe claim, which are appended to and which form an essential part of thesaid specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a front elevation of the signal-displaying oradvertising device, with a portion of the front of the casingrepresented as being broken away, so as to illustrate in elevation aportion of the mechanism for actuating the display aprons or belts inthe manner heretofore stated.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the box or casing of thedevice, illustrated in connection therewith in inside elevation, thegeneral arrangement of the display-aprons or belts and the mechanism foractuating said aprons or belts.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional representation of the device, saidsection being taken on liiie 3-3 in said Fig. 1; and Fig. AI is a detailvertical representation of certain parts of the mechanism, said sectionbeing taken on line 4 4 in said Fig. 3, looking in the direction of thearrow e.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above describedviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said figures of the drawings, thereference-character l indicates, in the present instance, a casing orboX of any suitable size, shape and material, the said easing or boXcomprising -a base 2, sides 3 and 4, back 5, top 6, and front 7, saidfrontbeing provided with a suitable display opening or window, as 8.

Suitably mounted within said box or casing, in any desirable manner, isa frame comprising a pair of uprights or standards 9 and 10. Saidstandards or uprights are provided with suitably disposed holes orperforations in which are journaled the respective end-portions of aplurality of spindles or shafts 11, each shaft or spindle being formedwith or having suitably mounted thereon an enlarged cylindrical portionor leo i roller, as 12. At one end, each shaft or spindle 11 is alsoprovided with a toothed wheel or pinion 13, the several pinions upon theseveral shafts or spindles being in mesh with each other, substantiallyas represented in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Directly back of the front 7of the box or casing 1, and suitably secured upon the inner faces of thesides 3 and 4, are suitable frame-plates, as 14, connected by means oflaterally extending rods 15, or the like, and upon which are rotatablymounted suitable cylinders or rollers 16. The reference-character 17indicates a series of display-aprons or belts, each apron or belt, aswill be seen from an inspection of said Fig. 2, passing over a roller 12and over a pair of oppositely located cylinders or rollers 16.

Also rotatably mounted between the said uprights or standards 9 and 10is another shaft or spindle 18, carrying upon its one end-portion atoothed wheel or pinion 19 which is in mesh with the lowerpinion 13, asshownin Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Suitably secured in a properlocation upon said shaft or spindle 18, by means of a pin 20 or othermeans, is a toothed wheel or gear 21, said wheel or gear being formedupon the face of its hub-portion 22 with ratchet-teeth 23.

The said shaft or spindle 18 has also fixed thereon, by means of a pin24 or other suitable fastening means, a sleeve or collar 25, and looselymounted upon ,said shaft or spindle 18, is another toothed wheel or gear26 which is formed upon the face of its hub-portion 27 withratchet-teeth 28 adapted to engage with the ratchet-teeth 23 of thetoothed wheel or gear 21 in the manner and for the purposes to bepresently more fully described. Engagement of the said ratchet-teeth 28with the ratchet-teeth 23 is caused by the arrangement of a helicalspring 29 which is mounted upon that portion of the shaft or spindle 18located between the sleeve or collar 25 and the hubportion 3() of thetoothed Wheel or gear 26.

Non-rotatably connected with the upright or standard 9, at its one end,is a laterally extending cylindrical rod, as 3,1, having its otherend-portion carried by a standard or pedestal 32, suitably mounted uponthe base 2 of the box or casing 1. 'Securely fixed upon the said rod 31by means of pins 33 and 34, or other fastening means, are a pair ofcollars or sleeves 35 and 36. Loosely and rotatably mounted upon saidrod 31, contiguous to the sleeve 35, is a gear or sprocket-wheel 37which has upon its hubportion 38 a laterally extending projection orfinger 39. Loosly mounted upon said rod 31, so as to slide or movesidewise upon said rod, and also so as to be capable of oscillation uponsaid rod, is a disk or wheel, as 40, formed with peripheral gear-teeth41 adapted to be brought into time-related mesh with the teeth of thegears 21 and 26, in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter morefully described.

As indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the said rod 31 is provided witha channel or groove 42, in which is slidably disposed a key 43 of acam-shaped element or sleeve, as 44, having its vertical face 45 infrictional contact with the face of the hubportion 46 of the disk orwheel 40, against the counter-action of a helical spring 47 mounted uponthe rod 31 between the collar or sleeve 36 and the said disk or wheel40, and having its cam-surface 48 in contact with thepreviously-mentioned projection or linger 39 of the gear orsprocket-wheel 37. Projecting from the side of the said disk or wheel40, at the proper location, is a projection or pin 49 formed with anenlargement or head 50.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, it will be seen thatthe bottom 2 of the box or casing 1 is provided with a pair of pedestalsor standards 51 and 52 formed with bearing portions 53 in which isrotatably mounted a shaft or spindle 54, said shaft or spindle havingsuitably mount` ed thereon a worm wheel 55. ln mesh with said worm-wheel55 is a worm 56 carried upon the shaft or spindle 58 of an electricmotor, as 57, or other suitably-driven element for driving the saidshaft or spindle 54. Secured upon said power-driven shaft or spindle 54is a sprocket-wheel 59 overwhich and` the previously mentionedsprocketwheel 37 passes a drive or link-chain, as 60. Suitably affixedupon said shaft or spindle 54 is a crank or disk 61 having a projectionor pin 62 formed with an enlargement o r head 63. Mounted upon the saidprojections or pins 49 and 62 of the respective elements 40 and 61, arethe respective eye-portions 65 and 66 of a suitably constructedconnecting rod or link, as 64.

Having in the foregoing clearly set forth the general arrangement andconstruction of the several devices and parts comprising my noveladvertising or signaling device, I will now briefly set forth itsoperation for actuating the display aprons or belts for the purposespreviously stated.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, it will be seenthat the disk or wheel 40 is in mesh with the gear or pinion 26. Now, instarting the motor 57 the result will be that the shaft or spindle 54 isrevolved, causing the sprocket wheel 59 and the crank or disk 61 to alsorevolve with the said shaft or spindle 54. At the same time, thelink-chain 60 will actuate the gear or sprocket-wheel 37, which isloosely mounted upon the fixed rod 31. The rotary motion of the crank ordisk 61, at this time, by means of the link or connecting rod 64,produces a sufficient movement of the disk or wheel 40, so that the gearor pinion 26 is 'correspondingly actuated, which owing to theintermeshing relation of the ratchetteeth 28 with the ratchet-teeth 23of the gear or pinion 21, causes the shaft or spindle 18 upon which saidgear or pinion is secured to revolve, as will be clearly evident. Owingto this rotary action of the shaft or spindle 18, the toothed wheel orgear 19 which is also secured upon said shaft or spindle 18 willcorrespondingly cause the proper actuation of the several toothed wheelsor pinions 13, in the directions of the several arrows w, as indicatedin Fig. 2 of the drawings. As long as the wheel or disk 10 is in actualmesh with the toothed wheel or pinion 26, the several belts or aprons 17will move in the direction of the several arrows y, also as indicated insaid Fig. 2. During the roe tary motion oi' the sprocket-wheel, theengagement and action of the projection or finger 39 with thecam-surface L18 of the cam-element la is such, and has been timed insuch a manner, that -the element i4 slides upon the rod 31 from lett toright, whereby at the proper time the teeth of the disk 10' are forcedout of mesh with the teeth of the pinion 26, and into active engagementwith the teeth of the pinion 21, the action taking place against thecompression of the coils of the spring1 47. The rotary action of thecrank or disk G1, owing to the connection of the rod or link 6dtherewith and and with the disk a0 produces, as will be clearlyunderstood, reciprocatory rotary movements or' the pinions or gears 19and 13, and corresponding reciprocatory movements or" the several beltsor aprons 17. The

contact or engagement of the said projection or finger 39 with thecam-surface 4S of the cam-element 1d is such that the recipro catorymovements of the said belts or aprons 17 take place for a longer timethan the direct movements of the said belts or aprons in the directionof the arrows y, the action of said projection or finger 39 with thecam# element 44C and of the spring 117, causing alternately andintermittently the intermeshing action of t-he disk d0 with the pinions21 and 2G, so as to produce alternately and intermittently thereciprocatory and direct novements of the several belts or aprons 17.

From the foregoing description of the present invention it will beclearly seen that a simply constructed and eiectively operating devicehas been produced, which may be used for advertising or signalingpurposes, and in which the belts or aprons are actuated in anmanner soas to present animated advertisements or pictorial representations,either for advertising or signaling purposes, and then after a certaintime-interval, the belts or aprons being moved to present to the eyeother portions of the belts or aprons for the display of a differentadvertisement, picture, or signaling display.

Ot course 1 am aware that changes may be made in the generalarrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as wellas in the details of the construction oli' the said parts, withoutdeparting from the scope of the present invention as set forth in theforegoing specification, and as dened in the clauses of the claim whichare appended to the said specification. Hence, 1 do not limit my presentinvention to the eXact arrangements and combinations of the severaldevices and parts as described in the said specification, nor do Iconiine myself to the exact details of the construction of the saidparts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1. An advertising or signaling device comprising a body having adisplay-portion, a plurality of rollers mounted in said body, aplurality of display-aprons movably mounted upon said rollers, a set ofintermeshing pinions mounted upon journal-por tions of said rollers, acranlnactuated mechanism in engagement with said set of interineshingpinions for producing reciprocatory movements of said pinions and thesaid aprons back of the display-portion of the body.

2. An advertising or signaling device comprising a body having adisplayportion, a plurality of rollers mounted in said body, a pluralityof display-aprons movably mounted upon said rollers, a set ofintermeshing pinions mounted upon journal-por tions of said rollers, acrank-actuated mechanism in engagement with said set of intermeshingpinions for producing reciprocatory movements of said pinions and thesaid aprons back of the display-portion of the body, during a certainperiod of time, said crank-mechanism cooperating with said pinion forproducing at other times direct movements of the said aprons back of thedisplay portion of the body.

3.11111 advertising or signaling device vcoimi'rising a body having adisplay portion,

a plurality of rollers mounted in said body, a plurality ofdisplay-aprons movably mounted upon said rollers, a set of internieshingpinions mounted upon j ournal-portions of said rollers, a main drivingshaft within said body, a sprocket-wheel upon said shaft, anon-rotatable rod within said body, a sprocket-wheel loosely androtatably mounted upon said rod, a link-chain mounted upon saidsprocket-wheels, a crank-disk Y mounted upon said main driving shaft, aspring-controlled toothed disk loosely mounted upon said rod, a linkconnecting said crank-disk with said toothed disk, a cam-elementslidably mounted upon said rod, a projection extending from thesprocket-Wheel upon said rod in engagement with said cam-element, anauxiliary shaft, a pinion secured in a fixed position upon saidauxiliary-shaft, a second pinion loosely mounted upon said auxiliaryshaft, aratehetlike means of Connection between Said pinions, and athird pinion also secured in a fixed position upon said auxiliary shaft7said last-mentioned pinion being in mesh With said set ofintei'n'ieshing pinions, substanl0 tially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony, that l claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hancl this Qthday of August, 1917.

CHARLES M. TATOSIAN.

Witnesses:

FREDK C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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